#DDE056#DDE056

#DDE056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.158 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDE056
RGB	rgb(221, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -18.11, 65.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 67.50, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.89% -0.0551 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(87.89% 0.158 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.1559, 69.3568, 19.1260)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDE056 #5956E0

analogous

#E09E56 #DDE056 #98E056

triadic

#DDE056 #56DDE0 #E056DD

tetradic

#DDE056 #56E09E #5956E0 #E05698

square

#DDE056 #56E09E #5956E0 #E05698

split-complementary

#DDE056 #5698E0 #9E56E0

monochromatic

#9C9F1D #CFD227 #DDE056 #E7E98A #F2F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#DDE056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#DDE056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDE056

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDE056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDE056	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EBD3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dde056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.158 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ebe98c',
    500: '#dde056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dde056;
$custom-light: #ebe98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dde056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87893,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDE056

secondary

#3B38A2

accent

#15D119

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDE056

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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